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Mission 17 - grammar

Relative pronouns 

Non-Restrictive relative clauses (commas): extra info

• antecedent = person: who 
• antecedent = thing: which 
• antecedent = place: where
• antecedent = time: when 
• antecedent = reason: why
• no antecedent = what ('that which')

Restrictive relative clauses (no commas): you need the info

• antecedent = person: who or that, preference for who
• antecedent = thing: which or that, preference for that 
• antecedent = place: where
• antecedent = time: when 
• antecedent = reason: why
• no antecedent = what ('that which')

Prepositions 

Jonah, to whom I was talking earlier, just walked into the room. 

Johah, who I was talking to earlier, just walked into the room.

Prepositions 

The woman that I used to work with just walked into the room. 

The woman with whom I used to work just walked into the room.

The woman I used to work with just walked into the room. 

Relative clauses

You can leave out relative pronouns if

• er geen komma's staan
• het betrekkelijk vnw niet gelinkt is aan het onderwerp van de zin
  
• er een voornaamwoord achter staat

The flowers which he gave me were beautiful.

Persoonlijk: ik, jij, hij, etc.

Bezittelijk: mijn, zijn, onze, etc.

Wederkerend: me, je, zich, etc.

The flowers he gave me were beautiful.

Relative pronouns

who, which, where, when, that, - 

Exercises

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/relative-pronouns-relative-clauses

Mission 17

Check assignment 4

Do ex. 5 and 6

Ready? 

Work on your literature assignments

War & Peace

Beowulf -  Anglo-Saxon Period

World War I Poets

Anglo-Irish Conflict 

Roadmap

Beowulf

understand the fight with Grendel

Finish assignments

Lesson goal

By the end of this class you understand the content of 'The Fight with Grendel'

You have thought about what it means to be human / a monster

Periods of British Literature

Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

Beowulf

Beowulf

Setting:

Early 6th Century

Present-day Denmark and Sweden

What went on before

Hrothgar - Heorot

Grendel

Hygelac - King of the Geats, uncle to Beowulf

Beowulf - prince of the Geats

Kenning

 a form of circumlocution that replaces a simpler noun or concept with metaphorical combination of words. They are like taking the long way home, linguistically. 

Aliteration

What?

Why?

Whose perspective does the work give?

What kind of consequences does that have?

Grendel: man or monster?

Look ahead

Wednesday:

Finish Beowulf 

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/

Relative Clauses and pronouns

Betrekkelijke bijzin: provides information about something that has already been mentioned, for instance a person, thing, animal, place, or event. 

NL: die (bij 'de-woorden'), dat (bij 'het-woorden), wat, waar. 

ENG: who, which, that, what, where, when